(PT) From Portugal, winning anxiety one day at the time

Published: April 16, 2020, 7 a.m.

Hello, I live in Portugal and I have been at home for 3 weeks and working from home. I am a routine type of person and this breaking of routine has influenced me up a lot. I am still trying to adapt to this completely different day to day. I suffer from anxiety, and it has been a journey to deal with it within these four walls. The first weeks were the most difficult so far, mostly due to work. I am the Director of Operations in a company and the possibility of having to fire people took the best of me and of my anxiety. We didn't fire anyone and if everything continues to go as planned, we won't have to. Sports and yoga have helped a lot to clear the mind and keep calm. But the longing starts to hurt, I am especially missing parents... But my family, my husband, my sister and my small dog have helped me a lot. Thanks.